{"id":162968,"date":"2025-09-27T03:48:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:48:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162968\/"},"modified":"2025-09-27T03:48:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T03:48:08","slug":"the-unlikely-role-scarlett-johansson-gets-asked-about-most","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/162968\/","title":{"rendered":"The unlikely role Scarlett Johansson gets asked about most"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Scarlett<\/p>\n

(Credits: Far Out \/ Sony Pictures Releasing)<\/p>\n

Fri 26 September 2025 20:45, UK <\/p>\n

When Scarlett Johansson<\/a> meets fans, it would stand to reason that they\u2019re most inclined to gush about Black Widow\/Natasha Romanova\u2019s spy antics than her singing career.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That role, of course, made Johansson a Hollywood superstar, which in turn gave her the foundation to pursue whatever artistic flights of fancy she had her heart set on. When she wasn\u2019t busy squeezing into a catsuit to battle invading aliens, vengeful AI killing machines, or a big purple guy bent on culling half the universe, she spent her time racking up auteur filmmakers and a Tom Waits covers album. <\/p>\n

She has expertly calibrated her performances to suit the respective off-kilter tones of directors with signature styles, like Wes Anderson<\/a>, Spike Jonze, Jonathan Glazer, Taika Waititi, the Coen brothers, and Noah Baumbach, becoming a muse for all worlds. Would all of this have been possible without the sure-footing Marvel gave her in the industry? It undoubtedly was a help, but surprisingly, it isn\u2019t what she\u2019s most asked about, and neither are her indie exploits touted by fans.<\/p>\n

Instead, one of her lesser-known films is actually the one she most often fields questions about. Despite its undeniably impressive $469million worldwide gross, it never became a mainstream proposition and has instead become a cult classic in the eyes of its legions of fans. To this day, it is her highest-grossing film that isn\u2019t based on a recognised IP, like the MCU, Jurassic World, or Transformers, but you\u2019d never know it.<\/p>\n

\u201cLucy was a great original idea that Luc Besson wrote and directed,\u201d Johansson told IndieWire about the Leon: The Professional director\u2019s 2014 sci-fi action thriller, noting, \u201cIt came out of his creative mind. To this day, out of most of the films that I\u2019ve done, I get a lot of Lucy fans. That movie resonated with people.\u201d<\/p>\n

What was it about Lucy that audiences paid to see it in droves, and then continued thinking about a decade later? Well, the actor believes viewers were fascinated with its speculative sci-fi elements. The script delved into the myth that humans only use 10% of their brain capacity, and posited that if we could unlock the other 90%, we could become human supercomputers that could vanish in and out of the spacetime continuum at will, helped by exposure to a synthetic drug. In essence, it was like Bradley Cooper\u2019s Limitless (which was also a big hit), but with an extra injection of ludicrousness in the form of telepathy, telekinesis, and mental time travel, that would make a neuroscientist scream.<\/p>\n

Whatever the reason for Lucy\u2018s long shelf life, Johansson has always been stoked that one of her movies created whole cloth by a filmmaker with no IP backing made such a big impact on people. \u201cIt was exciting to be a part of something that was an original idea that audiences went out and saw,\u201d she admitted with a smile.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A quick look at Besson\u2019s films<\/a> before and after Lucy (The Family, Valerian, Anna) reveals significantly smaller box office returns, despite them also featuring some A-list Hollywood names. Johansson is a different kettle of fish, though; an actor who is a draw based on her name alone, which has transcended Marvel and auteur-driven Oscar-bothering roles. It wouldn\u2019t be the least bit surprising if she notches another couple of Lucy-esque triumphs as her career continues to evolve in the light of her enduring star power. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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